Pedestal for railway cars



Feb. 25, 1930. J THOMPSON 1,748,153

PEDESTAL FOR RAILWAY CARS Filed Oct. 5, 1928 42 lNl/f/VTOR 4 Jbz fi 7720772 5022 fl 77' ORNE Y Patented Feb. 25, 1930 A UNITEDfSTAT Es PATENT OFFICE JOHN,- ID. rnoivrrsoN, or UNION CITY, NEw JERSEY, ASSIGHOR T AMnnIoAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, or New YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY PEDESTAL FOR RAILWAY CARS Application filed October 5, 1928. Serial No. 310,560.

manufactured and easily applied and which "will provide anadequate support for the gar body and a suitable guide for'the journal It isalso an object of this invention to provide a pedestal of the type described which may be cast integral or built of a number of separately formed parts.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a broken view ofa car equipped with journal box pedestals constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2' is a partial transverse vertical section of the car'shown in Fig. 1 taken at one of the ournal boxes, the Wheel and axle being shown in elevation;

Fig. 3 1s a vertical longltudlnal' section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and showing the pedestal in elevation Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the pedestal of Figs. 1 to 3, the members forming the car sill being'shown in broken lines;

Fig. 5 is a side elevationof a pedestal of modified construction;

Fig. 6 ,is a section taken on the line 66 of 'Fig. 5; and X c c Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the pedestal shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

In the drawings, the invention is shown in connection with a car having a bodyl of any suitable or desired construction comprising sills '2 composed of spacedZ-bars3 having their webs vertical and their upper flanges 4 not meet; Projecting between the members 3 of the sills 2 are pairs ofpedestals 10 which are, of greater width than the opening between flanges 8 and are received in openings I flanges 8.

12 formed by cutting away portions of the As shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, a pedestal 10 comprisesa web 14 of substantially inverted U-shape having the parallel side portions 16 oined at their upper ends by the connecting portion 18. The lower ends of i the side portions 16 are providedwith oppositely disposed laterally projecting attaching flanges 20, while intermediate their ends the side portions 16 are connected by oppositely disposed outwardly projecting attaching flanges 22. The attaching flanges 20 and 22 are joined at each side portion 16 by the parallel outwardly projecting flanges 24 which extend along the edgesof the side portions 16 of the web 14 between the flanges 20 and 22,

while the attaching flanges 22 are braced and connected to the web 14 by the inwardly projecting ribs 26 andthe outwardly projecting ribs 28. The pedestal is further reinforced by a continuous rib which projects outwardly vfrom the center of the web 14 and extends from end to end thereof, being of uniform projection along the portion l8of the web and of gradually increasing projection from each end of the side portions 16 tothe region ofthe attaching flanges 22. 1

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, the pedestal is formed with the web 14 of inverted U-shape having the side portions 16 and connecting portion 18 and provided with the flanges 20, 22 and 24 and ribs 26 and 28 as in Figs. 1 to 4, but in this construction the attaching flanges 22 are also joined by the parallel flanges 29 which extend along the edges of the connecting portion-18 and side portions 16 above the flanges22.

In use, the pedestals are placed with their upperportions projecting through the open- 'ings'121into the spacebetween the members 3, the flanges 22 engaging beneath the flanges 8 0i the' membersii and beingsecuredthereto boss or spring guide 44 formed integral with the web 14:. After the journal boxes 34 are in position in the pedestals, the flanges of the pedestals of each side of the car are connected by a tie bar 46 secured to the flanges 20 by bolts 48.

While the pedestal has been shown and described as an integral cast member, it is to be understood that it may be formed of a plubers having inwardly projecting flanges, and

a pedestal projecting between the members ofsaid sill and having oppositely disposed outwardly projecting flanges secured to theflanges of said sill members.

2. A pedestal comprising an inverted U-shape web and laterally projecting attaching flanges lying in a common plane and connecting opposite portions of said web.

3. A pedestal comprising an inverted U-shape web. and oppositely disposed out wardly projecting flanges lying in a common plane and connecting the side portions of said web.

4:. A pedestal comprising a U-shape web,

wardly projecting oppositely disposed attaching flanges connecting the parallel portions of the web intermediate the ends thereof and reinforcing flanges projecting from the edges of the parallel portions of said web and connecting the attaching flanges.

9. A pedestal comprising a web having parallel side portions and a portion connecting said side portions and attaching flanges spaced from saidconnecting portion of said we% and connecting said side portions of said we .10. A pedestal comprising a web having parallel side portions and a portion connecting said side portions and attaching flanges connecting said side portionsand lying in a plane parallel to the plane of'said connecting portion of said web. Y

11. A pedestal comprising a web having '7 V spaced side portions and spaced attaching flanges connecting said side portions, 7

12.. A pedestal comprising a web having spaced side portions and parallel attaching flanges connecting said side portions, said attaching flanges lying in a common plane.

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an outwardly projecting reinforcing flange.

extendlng substantially from end to' end of said web and oppositely disposed outwardly projecting attaching flanges connecting the side portions of said web.

5. A pedestal comprising a web having parallel side portions and aconnecting portion joining ends of the parallel portions, spaced parallel outwardlyv projecting flanges extending along the parallel portions of the web and oppositely disposed outwardly projecting attaching flanges connecting the parallel portions of the web.

.6. A pedestal comprising a web having parallel portions and a connecting portion joining ends of the parallel portions and oppositely disposed outwardly projecting attaching flanges connecting the parallel portions of said web intermediate the ends thereof.

7. A pedestal comprising a U-shape web having outwardly projecting end portions JOHN D. THOMPSON. I

jecting oppositely disposed attaching flanges connecting oppositely disposed portions of said web, reinforcing flanges connectlng said attaching flanges and reinforcing ribs connecting said oppositely disposed attaching flanges and web; e

' 8. A pedestal comprising a Web having spaced parallel" portions bent outwardly to form attaching flanges at one end and joined by a connecting portion at the other end, outp 

